When a real estate transaction closes, an agent's fiduciary relationship with the buyer or seller is over. That's why contracts have starting dates and circumstances under which those dates end. But just because the purchase contract or listing agreement is over doesn't mean my personal relations
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07/21/2011
I probably have a reputation among the black critters with white stripes as that crazy agent in Land Park. But see, I figure if confronted enough times by a screaming lunatic they might stay out of my yard. And in case you're thinking that's what happened to my neighbor's roses, I don't think sku
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07/20/2011
I could not decide which to post today. A video of my cats playing with a plastic strap or a new listing east of College Greens by the American River. I'm not that good of a movie maker. Or maybe my cats aren't that good of reality TV stars. So, the listing wins out. It's not even a short sale, i
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07/19/2011
As my husband was outside grilling last night and I was typing away at my desk, a guy down the street came over. He asked us if we had noticed any activity next door. Our neighbors in Land Park often go on extended vacations in the summer. These people travel a lot. Apparently, they asked this gu
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07/18/2011
I know there are agents who believe it's a total waste of time to hold an open house. They don't care if it's a short sale or a regular sale, they think open houses are only for attracting buyers. If that's true, then why is an open house a waste of time? Open houses are generally not the best st
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07/17/2011
Everybody knows that I am a Sacramento short sale agent who carefully chooses the short sales she agrees to list and sell. That's because everybody knows that my short sales tend to close. Especially a short sale in Land Park. I sell enough homes in Land Park to know the individual neighborhoods
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07/16/2011
Yup, Governor Brown signed SB 458 this week. I know this because my husband covers the Capitol for Associated Press. Senator Corbett's bill 458 will extend anti-deficiency protection for all mortgages in a short sale. Presently, SB 931 added Civil Code 580e in January, which prohibited first mort
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07/15/2011
All you agents who say the National Association of REALTORS just takes your money and never does anything for it might want to start eating your words. Due to pressure from NAR and a personal visit to the FTC by President Ron Phipps, the FTC is backing off the MARS Rule for real estate agents. Fr
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07/15/2011
Sometimes, I make myself laugh, and I just can't help it. It's my personality. A woman I do not know from Australia wrote to me this morning to say her husband says it's too late for them to buy a home. He's 47 and she's 41. I told her how I bought my last house at age 50 and, in fact, recently s
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07/15/2011
A trend I am noticing in my Sacramento short sales is buyers who try to negotiate on my short sale listings end up back at my list price. I don't know if I am flagged in a computer-based network somewhere as an agent who knows what she is doing as a Sacramento short sale agent, but many banks are
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07/14/2011